20 min
Nick Kessenich: Working for the member America's Credit Unions
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- Non-Profit
“He gave me a chance.”
It’s what Nick Kessenich hopes members will say when asked about the impact he had on their financial lives.
It’s also what $28 million asset Members First Credit Union in Madison, Wis., would say if credit unions could talk.
For nearly 40 years, Kessenich led the credit union as it grew from an organization run out of a basement and a briefcase into a community-based credit union that serves more than 3,000 members.
“The credit union was my life. What I’m proud of the most is when somebody thanks me because no one else would give them a chance,” Kessenich says. “I gave them a chance, they took it, and they succeeded.”
“He gave me a chance.”
It’s what Nick Kessenich hopes members will say when asked about the impact he had on their financial lives.
It’s also what $28 million asset Members First Credit Union in Madison, Wis., would say if credit unions could talk.
For nearly 40 years, Kessenich led the credit union as it grew from an organization run out of a basement and a briefcase into a community-based credit union that serves more than 3,000 members.
“The credit union was my life. What I’m proud of the most is when somebody thanks me because no one else would give them a chance,” Kessenich says. “I gave them a chance, they took it, and they succeeded.”
20 min